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Through this prayer guide, you will have an opportunity to petition God on behalf of our leaders and those who are in authority over us, as we are instructed to do in 1 Timothy 2:1-2: As you humbly come before the Lord and seek His face, please pray that these men and women will be granted divine wisdom, guidance and strength to fulfill their important roles.
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President: George W. Bush
Vice President: Dick Cheney
Secretary of State: Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of Defense: Robert Gates
Secretary of the Treasury: Henry M. Paulson
Attorney General: Michael B. Mukasey
National Security Advisor: Stephen J. Hadley
Director of National Intelligence: Mike McConnell
Secretary of the Interior: Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture: Ed Schafer
Secretary of Commerce: Carlos Gutierrez
Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation: Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Energy: Samuel W. Bodman
Secretary of Education: Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: James B. Peake
Secretary of Health & Human Services: Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Homeland Security: Michael Chertoff
All Branches of the Armed Forces
U.S. Supreme Court
Search the Web, contact your local library, or call your state capitol building for specific names. For the latest information, go to this website.
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U.S. Senator: ________________________________
U.S. Senator: ________________________________
U.S. Representative: __________________________
Governor: __________________________________
Lt. Governor: _______________________________
State Senator: _______________________________
State Representative: __________________________
State Supreme Court Justices: __________________
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County Officials: __________________________________
Court Officials: ___________________________________
City Officials: ____________________________________
Judges: ________________________________________
Mayor: _________________________________________
Police Department: _______________________________
Fire Department: _________________________________
School Authorities (public & private): __________________
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As American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, President Franklin Roosevelt called for our nation to unite in prayer. He also offered a prayer to prepare each citizen for the road ahead. "Let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. And, O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee." The victory that followed on June 6, 1944-also known as D-Day-began the march to Berlin. Eighteen months later, WWII was over and one of the world's greatest evils had been defeated. The prayers of a nation had been a powerful force.
Prayer has always been used in this country for guidance, protection and strength-even before we were a nation or a handful of colonies. The Pilgrims at Plymouth relied on prayer during their first and darkest winter. Our founding fathers also called for prayer during the Constitutional Congress. In their eyes, our recently created nation and freedoms were a direct gift from God. And being a gift from God, there was only one way to insure protection-through prayer.
President Abraham Lincoln knew this well. It was his belief that, "it is the duty of nations as well as men, to owe their dependence upon the overruling power of God." When it came to the fate of the nation, he practiced what he preached. Before the battle of Gettysburg, he turned to God in prayer. "I went to my room one day and I locked the door and got down on my knees before Almighty God and prayed to him mightily for victory at Gettysburg." Won by the Union, Gettysburg was one of the turning points in the war that ended slavery and kept the states united. Today the need for prayer is as great as ever. Our nation again faces battlefields, along with an epidemic of broken homes, violence, sexual immorality and social strife. As the heroes of our nation did in the past, we must again bow our heads in prayer. We must ask the Lord to bless our leaders with wisdom and protection, and that we will have the fortitude to overcome the challenges at hand. If Roosevelt, the Pilgrims and Lincoln never underestimated the power of prayer, neither should we.
It is our goal that you, your family and friends would participate in the National Day of Prayer. We pray that the event impacts your life, and that praying for our nation moves from a one-day event to a lifetime endeavor. So join us on the first Thursday in May and pray with conviction that God would continue to shed His grace on thee.
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